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Word: Austere
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin austerus, from Greek austēros ‘severe’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɔːˈstɪə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɒˈstɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
severe or strict in manner or attitude
Short Definition:severe or strict in manner or attitude
Examples:- he was an austere man, with a rigidly puritanical outlook
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